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Smashing Magazine

Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations

Discover SMIL, the often-overlooked way to animate SVGs that works inside `` tags and can fully animate everything in an SVG without JavaScript.

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 20, 2026

GitHub Blog

GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work

If you’re juggling multiple Copilot sessions, use the My work pane to track what's in flight, what's done, and what's next. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Read on GitHub Blog ↗ Aug 19, 2026

CSS-Tricks

CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days

Apply a style when someone navigates from one specific page to another. The idea being it'd make the sources for cross-document view transitions declarative in CSS rather than managing that stuff in JavaScript. CSS Navi

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 19, 2026

CSS-Tricks

WordPress.com Student Plan

As someone who teaches beginning web development, I find that building a WordPress site makes for a great final project. Hosting those projects has always been a roadblock though. WordPress.com Student Plan originally h

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 19, 2026

GitHub Blog

How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient

Chat is great for intent, but agent work gets lost in the scroll. Here is how I use canvases with my agentic workflows—and why your workflow also deserves a canvas. The post How canvases make agentic workflows visible, s

Read on GitHub Blog ↗ Aug 17, 2026

CSS-Tricks

Dark mode toggles: two states are enough

Lea's pushing back on light/dark mode implementations that display three state options for visitors: light, dark, and system. Dark mode toggles: two states are enough originally handwritten and published with love on CS

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 17, 2026

GitHub Blog

How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps

See how four GitHub agent apps can help you scope, secure, roll out, and ship a feature across the SDLC–all without leaving GitHub. The post How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps appea

Read on GitHub Blog ↗ Aug 14, 2026

GitHub Blog

Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched!

The GitHub Universe session catalog is live. Explore interactive workshops, community talks, demos, and panels. Plus, register before August 19 to save $300. The post Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The sched

Read on GitHub Blog ↗ Aug 13, 2026

Smashing Magazine

New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling

New EU guidelines, why AI sparkles aren’t enough, when AI labels are required, and what the rules mean for AI-powered features and products.

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 13, 2026

Smashing Magazine

Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie

When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for building a digital stress-

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 11, 2026

Smashing Magazine

How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript

The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to auditing your dependencies and finding what the web platform can now handle for you.

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 7, 2026

Smashing Magazine

Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany you on all those big and small adventures the month might brin

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Jul 31, 2026